Which to use
“discount” and “discours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,985
- “discount” frequency rank
- #939
- “discours” frequency rank
- 19924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | discount | discours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réduction du prix de vente d’un produit ou d’une marchandise. | Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée. |
Where the eye mixes discount and discours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. discount and discours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: discount vs discours
A purely visual mix-up. discount (\dis.kunt\) and discours (\dis.kuʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
discount is recorded at frequency rank #18,985, classified as anoun, pronounced \dis.kunt\. discours is at rank #939, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dis.kuʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 19924, this pair ranks #370,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of discount vs discours
Shared letters: cdiosu. Private to "discount": nt. Private to "discours": r.
"discount" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "discours" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "discount" and "discours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "discount" vs "discours" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "discount" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "discours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #370,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "discount" and "discours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discount vs dissout". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #370,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.